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Archbishop Freier appointed to key role

Archbishop Freier has been elected to the worldwide Anglican Communion's Primates' Standing Committee.

January 18 2016Archbishop Philip Freier, Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia, has been elected to the worldwide Communion’s Primates’ Standing Committee, part of the the global Anglican Church’s top consultative group, the Anglican Consultative Council.

He was one of five Primates voted on to the committee, by regions, at last week’s meeting of the world’s 38 Anglican Primates at Canterbury, England, called by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby.